Tens of millions of Americans go to work every day, work long hours, and earn wages so low that they often cannot meet their families’ basic needs. On Friday, November 15, at 9:30 a.m. ET, EPI and Oxfam America will convene a bipartisan panel to discuss how to improve the economic circumstances of these nearly 60 million low-wage workers. Panelists include Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), former Rep. Jim Walsh (R-N.Y.), Guy Molyneux (partner, Hart Research Associates) and Heidi Shierholz (economist, Economic Policy Institute).

The panelists will also probe the findings from Oxfam America’s comprehensive national telephone survey of low-wage workers. In the survey, conducted by Hart Research Associates, Oxfam America asked low-wage workers across the nation key questions about their daily lives, including how they make ends meet, what their biggest worries and concerns are, and what policies they think would help them better advance economically.